Calf health and management in smallholder dairy farms in Tanzania

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1669-1676

  Chang'a, Jelly S ^a,c   Mdegela, Robinson H ^b   Ryoba, Ruth ^b   Løken, Torleiv ^c   Reksen, Olav ^c  

^a Ministry of Livestock Development Dar es Salaam   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Calf health; Residual calf suckling; Smallholder dairy farmers

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; TANZANIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX RATIO; TANZANIA;

EID: 78049411945     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9619-x     Document Type: Article

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